Placement

Amelia's magazine was a suggestion for a placement from Jane in the group sessions we had, since I expressed my desire to do some casual critical journalism, as well as doing some image/illustration/type work alongside. Since Amelia's Magazine is nationally and internationally renowned, I thought it would be an ideal opportunity to get into one of my favourite places in industry. So I went ahead and scouted out any potential jobs, and sent them a few emails enquiring on placements.

There are four main areas to apply for/work for which includes art, music, earth(eco), and fashion. This includes attending events relative to the subject area and writing a review as well as any supporting information. 
Due to my main interest in music and art, I would of applied for both, but upon reviewing the conditions, it turns out my chances at this moment in time are limited, since they only take 3 month internships at a time, and would currently clash with the majority of timetabled sessions occurring when I would be in college. This aside, I got a reply saying that I would need at least 3 published articles, on either a website or 2 in print, which means its something to aspire to at a later date.

Crim Collective

Crim Collective are in their own words - 

"To date the Crim™ are an internationally acclaimed collective producing work for galleries, bars, fashion boutiques and film. It also supports international educational programmes celebrating and memorializing? the enjoyment for drawing and all that is art and design."


They have a plethora of multi-talented, designers, artists, illustrators, programmers, and tutors on their team. Some members include YCN winner Luisa Biolchi, Jeffrey Bowman (AKA Mr Bowlegs), and Robert Loeber (Urban Outfitters). They have done work for Computer Arts, Barclays Bank, Converse and the Independent.

Alot of their work and their values seem to be rooted in having a good time, with a celebration of hard work based around contemporary youth culture in the arts. This sort of attitude is something that I can see myself working with for a long time, especially the collaborative practice of like-minded individuals producing some quality work that always looks good. Since they are based in the University they started in, I assume that they have all mod-cons in terms of access to the facilities which means that they instantly have an advantage to a majority of design agencies/collectives etc.

Home Creative

Home Creative are a Blackpool based design agency, although their work seems quite dry at first I was initially drawn in by their extensive list of clients they have worked for, are doing work for, or who keep coming back to them. The website they have is incredibly slick and the presentation of all the information in a focussed central window looks great.

Some of their work, such as the SOS brief for condoms, and also the Castrol brief I am not interested in the slightest, but the rest of their work for low-brow companies that are local are something I would like to work for/towards. But instead of the clinical delivery, I would try to offer something more individual to the table. Overall I would like to keep in contact with them, they have a good client list, their work stretches across a wide enough demographic and Jeff is a really easy to talk to guy.

Placement

Been talking with the guys from Home design in Leeds, a collective of web designers, illustrators, animators, advertisers and business buffs situated on the outskirts of Leeds. I have been talking to them on and off for some time now, but I was apprehensive about confirming a date, since I had not really looked into the calender like a fool. 
I did however, confirm that from the 28th June till the end of the week (Saturday 3rd) I will be going in to their web design department to look at how they work, and hopefully learn some new skills that would make me a quicker web designer (for mocks and publishing). 
Phil has also said that there will be a opportunity to work with the animation team as well as the advertising department, but I don't think I will be looking at animation, since the design for  screen module was a bit of a headache and not something that would be beneficial to what I want to do.